. The bird . •I fJ-^ v^mm^ OF TiJE fEiPEBiifE HARMONIES OF THE TEMPERATE ZONE. fw Why do tlie SAvallow and so many other birds * Vti /^t, place their habitation so near to that of man ?Whjr do they make themselves our friends, mingling( with our labours, and lightening them by their songs ? n,p^ ( Wiy is that happy spectacle of alliance and harmony, Jfj)jju which is the end of nature, presented only in the vi^ climates of our temperate zone ? For this reason, that here the two parties, man and the bird, arefree from the burdensome fatalities which in the south separate them,and place the
. The bird . •I fJ-^ v^mm^ OF TiJE fEiPEBiifE HARMONIES OF THE TEMPERATE ZONE. fw Why do tlie SAvallow and so many other birds * Vti /^t, place their habitation so near to that of man ?Whjr do they make themselves our friends, mingling( with our labours, and lightening them by their songs ? n,p^ ( Wiy is that happy spectacle of alliance and harmony, Jfj)jju which is the end of nature, presented only in the vi^ climates of our temperate zone ? For this reason, that here the two parties, man and the bird, arefree from the burdensome fatalities which in the south separate them,and place them in antagonism to one another. That which enervates man, on the contrary, excites the bird,endows liirn with ardent activity, inquietude, and the vehemencewhich finds vents in harsh cries. Under the Tropics both are incomplete divergence, slaves of a despotic nature, which weighs uponthem differently. To pass from those climates to ours is to become we dominate over the nature which tJiere subjugated us. Iquit willingly, and without one
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